Chinese symbol for “eye”
眼睛
yǎn jing
eye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eye is 眼睛 (yǎn jing), defined as: eye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “eye”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目 | mù | eye; (literary) to look; to regard |
| 睛 | jīng | eye; eyeball |
| 鼻儿 (鼻兒) | bí r | eye; a hole in an implement or utensil for insertion |
| 眸 | móu | pupil (of the eye); eye |
| 芽眼 | yá yǎn | (botany) undeveloped bud; eye |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 眼睛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼前 | yǎn qián | before one's eyes; now |
| 眼泪 (眼淚) | yǎn lèi | tear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī) |
| 眼中 | yǎn zhōng | in (sb's) eyes |
| 眼镜 (眼鏡) | yǎn jìng | spectacles; eyeglasses |
| 眼光 | yǎn guāng | gaze; insight |
| 目不转睛 (目不轉睛) | mù bù zhuǎn jīng | unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare |
| 眨眼睛 | zhǎ yǎn jīng | wink |
| 画龙点睛 (畫龍點睛) | huà lóng diǎn jīng | to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eye”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.